Gin & Tonic | Digital Illustration

A Gin & Tonic is such a classic cocktail. It's an easy drink to whip up for guests with only a few ingredients needed. If you want to make it fancy, nowadays, there are so many different ways to jazz one up with different flavored gins. For me though, a classic gin & tonic cocktail, marks the beginning of Summer.

When I was in my early twenties, I remember my Dad mixing up pitchers of G&Ts. My Dad, cousin Joe and I would kick back and catch some rays on my parent’s patio while enjoying the warm Summer sun. Ahhhhhh! Those were the days! Happy Almost Summertime!

Just in case you’re wondering about the berry twig on the bottom of the glass, it's a juniper berry branch which is part of the process in making gin. :)

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Gin & Tonic Digital Illustration by artist, Cheryl Oz

Aperol Spritz : Digital Illustration

This is the newest of my illustrated cocktails. This is also the first cocktail that I've drawn digitally in Procreate. Prior to this illustration my other cocktails were done in traditional watercolor. I first tried an Aperol Spritz late last Summer while visiting Chicago. My husband and I went to Eataly. I loved Eataly! I could have literally spent hours there shopping, eating, drinking... it was the most fun place in Chicago for me. If you love Italy and Italian food it's definitely a must place to visit. It was my favorite place to go in Chicago. I went back twice! I pointed out the cocktail to our waitress and she nodded, arriving back to the table with this beautiful, orange-hued bubbly cocktail. At my first sip, I knew this was going to be one of my favorite Summer cocktails! Since Eataly, is a marketplace too, I purchased a bottle of Aperol, saving it for this coming Summer which now is just around the corner! HOORAY! I can't wait to have friends over to enjoy an Aperol Spritz on the sunny patio.

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Find Your Paradise : Digital Gouache Illustration by Cheryl Oz

Good Morning!

I’ve been spending a lot of time working on my iPad instead of traditional art supplies the past few weeks. I like the option of going back and forth between traditional and digital illustration. It’s so convenient to work on the iPad, but soon enough my paints will be calling me back. I just walked down into my studio yesterday and there’s a painting I’m half-finished sitting on my work table. I need to get back at that, but I’m into this mode of digital work right now. I’m loving it, and so I think we should do whatever makes our hearts the happiest. This is making my heart happy right now.

When I’m working in Procreate on the iPad. For those that are not familiar with Procreate it’s a drawing/painting app specifically for use with the iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil. Anyway, when I’m using Procreate the app itself comes with a handful of good brushes and since purchasing the iPad, I’ve been drawn to the gouache brush. Recently though, I stumbled onto a brush pack that is solely for gouache and it is exactly what I have been looking for. I’ve also purchased a watercolor set, but I’m still playing around with that set to make it feel more like my traditional watercolor work. If I can get that to work out, I’ll be really happy about that too!

For this piece, I decided to give myself a little challenge of working on a landscape. I can’t really remember the last time before this, that I really put my heart into working on a landscape. I always paint things, and I’m not really sure why, but typically I work on single things. I chose a tropical landscape for my love of Hawaii and all places tropical, but also because I could include a little bit of everything in one colorful landscape. I enjoyed it so much that I think I want to work on more landscapes.

The Paradise art print is available for purchase in my Etsy shop in 8x10 and 11x14” sizes. The print is sold unframed. Logo will not be printed on the image.